Bearcatrp wrote:Have tried both ways. Even with half amount of pins. Pins do clean much better. I use 2 5 gallon pales. Dump water into 1st one, shaking to get most pins out. But draining and collecting the pins with a magnet just sucks. Reason why I want a large mesh cullender to pour through. Havent made it to bed bath and beyond to see the one i found on the net that they sell. Fairly large. Something like this:
https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/store/ ... d=strainer
A few points:
Wet tumbling definitely cleans brass; whether that is better is a topic of much conversation.
I joined the 'less-is-more-and-better-club' in that regard.
As a scrounger of dirty, walked on range brass, for that the wet pin method is great.
For match rifle brass a functional cleaning wipe of the outside, and quick nylon brush through the inside is simple and has proven effective.
That screen colander appears to have a pretty fine screen; too fine for pins to freely fall through.
If you're going to use mesh, get the largest opening possible that won't pass your brass.
But as others have said, no need to reinvent the mousetrap here. You'll either buy a separator now, or after you spend as much on other stuff first.
Buy once.....